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Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

GAME TABLE.

J. M. HARRISON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1908.

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X alvwawtoz JAMES MADISON HARRISON, OF LUMBEBTON, NEW. JERSEY.

GAME-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MADISON HAR- RISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Lumberton, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to game apparatus, and especially those games which are layed upon a table or extended surface. It as for its object the production of a combination table which may be knocked down and folded into compact form when not inuse, and whose several parts will severally and collectively afiord proper facilities for divers ames, such as checkers or chess, pa-

' chisi, s ufiie board and tenpins.

board fold and as the table le tom In attaining any object I take as the foundation for the structure, two or more small folding tables, each having upon its top permanent markings for one or more games,

such as chess or pachisi, so they can be" used separately for these games as well as for other useful purploses. Placing these tables end to end, I secure upon them a air of side rails, a pair of end boxes, and a ongitudinal smoothsurfaced board adapted for tenpins or shuffle board. A set of tenpins is provided, and when the table is knocked down, these are packed in one of the end boxes, which in use are opened and form pockets for the balls or other devices used in gaming. The side rails and central fold up, the entire structure when knocke down may be packed me very small compass.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the two tables with all other parts removed. Fig. 2 is a similar top plan View of the game board with all parts assembled on the tables. Fig.

is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a botlan view of the same. Fi 5 is a longitu inal sectional view on the ine 0cw of Fig. 4.

Referrin to the drawings, A and B are two individual tables or .game'boards with legs. Board A has upon it the necessary marks for the game of pachisi and board B is shown as marked for the game of chess or checkers. Each of these may of'course carry other markings than or in addition to those shown. The top A is also shown as Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Kay 27, 1908. Serial No. 485,258.

Patented April e, iece.

having a thirty-six inch measure aduated upon one edge thereof, so it Wlll e useful as a sewing table. I contemplate the use of these tables forother urposes than gannn when the ap aratus is nocked down. Eac of these in ivislual tables is provided with folding legs best shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

These legs are secured upon the ends of bin ed transverse rails 1" and r, and are norma ly kept apart and perpendicular to the table top by means of a spreader or brace s. In order to prevent the accidental displacement of this spreader I provide buttons or equivalent securing devices upon the rails, as indicated at r. v

The arts of the complete apparatus supported y means of the 1ndividual tables are as follows: first the tables'A and B, then side rails C, 0, end boxes D and E, a surface board F, and suitable tenpins T, with the necessary balls, irons and other attachments, all of which are packed in the boxes D and E when not in use.

When assembling the device tables A and B are set together, the side rails are placed in position with their dowels and bolts extending through the table tops as shown at c 0' 1n Fig. 3, and the thumb-nuts a are firm y set up so as to bind the rails to the tables and connecting the latter firmly together. If found desirable, dowels may be provided for the abutting ends of'the tables A and B, but so far I have not found this to be essential, as any tendency to warpin is more likely to be transverse than longitu inal, and moreover I contemplate making these table tops of cross veneered material, so that althou h very thin and light, they will be exceed always hold their shape. After the side rails are in position, the two end boxes D and E are secured to them and to the ends of the tables. The box D has a pair of pins or dowels d securingit to the table ed e, and a pair of hooks d securing its lid to t e side rail. The box E on the other hand while it has hooks e similar to those at d, has no dowels, but is secured to the adjacent table B by a pair of hooks or cli s carried in the end of the surface board which is the last thing to be put in position. This board is. preferably jointed 111 its middle, and being unfolded it is laid upon the table tops so that the hooks f 'enga e in the openings in the box E and then t e board is slid along drawing the hooks through the said openingly strong and .ings in the edge of the table, thus securing the three parts firmly together. The other end of the board is held by means of a latch or hook f. I

The inside of the lid of the box E is preferably padded to form a back stop for the tenpins and balls. The lids of both boxes are also provided with suitable hasps and locks so that when not in use they can be closed and fastened.

In knocking down the apparatus, the sur'-. face board F is first removed by casting off ,the hook f and sliding the board along to- .to seven small pieces, a

ward the box E so as to disengage the hooks f, The surface board can then be folded The end boxes are then re-' tables when set up.

I am aware that folding tables are not new, also that broadly speaking knock down game apparatus is 'not new. I believe, however, 'that I am the first to produce a complete knockdown apparatus of this type. I I shall therefore claim the same accordingly.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the arts to which this invention and its manufacture appertain, that many chan can i i; be made in matters of form and detail with- '18 required, I contem --more of the small fol desired for some other out departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the fastening devices may be changed, or the form and dimensions of the side rails, etc., but these and all similar variations are contem lated by me and must be construed as witlnn the scope of the appended claims. When a very long table late using three or ing tables, and utting two or more hinged joints in each 0 the side rails as well as in the surface board. Where a single long table is available or purpose, it maybe used in place of the multiple arrangement of tables, and the other parts applied to it accordingly. The num er of foundation tables is therefore non-essential to the rest of the invention, and I therefore claim -sub-.

combinations of the other parts, as well as the general combination of those parts with a plurality of tables.

Having thus described my invention what" I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatcut is- 1. A knock down game apparatus comprising the following elements: a plurality complete inclosure,

tially as described.

prisin I les p aced end to end, a pair of removable of folding tables set together to form a continuous horizontal surface, rails rigidl and removably secured along opposite si es of the table tops, and boxes removably secured across the ends of said'rails, so as to form a substantially as described.

2. A knock down game apparatus comprising the following elements: a plurality of game boards, side rails removably secured along their opposite adjoining edges and connecting them together, a surface board detachably secured upon said game boards between the side rails, and terminal closures removably secured across the ends of said rails beyond the ends of said board, substantially as described.

3. A knock down game apparatus tom:

prising the following elements: a pair of individual game boards set together. end to end, a pair of jointed side rails removably secured alon the opposite edges thereof, and connecting them together, a surface board detachably'securcd upon the top of the individual boards between the rails, and extending'from end to end thereof, and a pair of boxes with'hing'ed lids adapted to be removably secured across the ends of the side rails while their bodies extend across the ends of the surface board from rail to rail and form pockets, substantially as described.

4. In a knock: down game apparatus, a plurality of folding 5. A knockdown game apparatus com-- prisin a "pair of folding tables placed end to en a pair of removably jolnted side rails, and a box having a added-top hinged thereto, and adapted to e removably secured across the ends of the side rails while its body lies beneath the same to form a pocket, said box srvingto receive portions of the apparatus when not in use, substan- 6. A knock down prisin bles laced end to end, a surface board remova ly secured thereon, a pair'of: jointed side rails removably securedjalong the edges of the tables, the width of said surface board being less than that. of the individual boards ame apparatus comso as to leave depressions between it and theside rails, and a removable end closure having a pocket, secured at the end of the rails,

su stantially as described.

7. A knock down ame apparatus coma plurality 0% individual game taj'ointed side rails, a box with a hinged lid a plurality 0 individual game 'ta-.

tables laced eLd to. end, a plurality of ointed si e rails remov-fl adapted to be removably secured across the I ends of the said rails w th its body beneath the same, and a surface board having at one end hooks or clips adapted to reniovably engage said box as Well as the end of the adjacent individual table, together with means to detachably secure said surface board at its I opposite end to the other table, substantially as described. y 8. A knock down game apparatus cornprising a pair of folding tables A and 13 placed end to end, a pair of jointed side rails C, C, removable end boxes D and E to formpockets, a surface board F, and means for removably fastening all these parts together, 15 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES MADISON HARRISON.

Witnesses WALTER I. DILL, humans Corns. 

